The Majlis chief, M.P. Asaduddin Owaisi, still cannot speak Telugu even after being born and brought up in Hyderabad. The gentleman who was educated in the prestigious Hyderabad Public School and his graduation from Nizam college and his Barrister-at-law (Lincolns Inn) from England, is known to be very articulate both in English and Urdu. But for the fact that he has never made an attempt to either speak or learn the language though he has lived in the old city and Himayath Nager areas of Hyderabad is something hard to believe.

The bifurcation of the state and the Majilis party’s interest in trying to spread its wings to the other parts of Telangana and Seemandhra is prompting this move to learn how to speak Telugu but he does understand a smattering of Telugu.